Probe into lawlessness as inmate to be moved

A prosecutor launched an investigation on Friday as a spate of lawlessness in central Athens continued for a fourth day, with self-styled anarchists running amok along Patission Street, vandalizing the fronts of 10 shops and a branch of Hellenic Post (ELTA). 

Footage from surveillance cameras showed a group of around 20 assailants wielding sledgehammers and hammers smashing the shop windows on Friday morning. 

After the vandalism spree, the perpetrators sought refuge on the premises of the Athens Athens University of Economics and Business, according to witnesses on the campus, who said their arrival caused a panic among students. 

The incident came just a few hours after arsonists targeted a riot police unit near Exarchia and the offices of the Culture Ministry close to Syntagma. 

Athens prosecutor Ilias Zagoraios launched an investigation to determine...